Hangs at Import...

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I've been trying to import using an S-video cable and an audio Y cable into
the video 1 ports of an Angel MPEG card (which I use as a TV tuner) in a Dell
Dimension from a Sony Handycam. When I didn't have the Y cable plugged up,
the video came through. Once I hooked up the Y cable, the audio came through
but the video didn't (just a black screen). Both times, however, MM got
stuck at Importing... with the bar completely green and never went to the
test part of the pop-up window. When I got tired of waiting (I gave it over
an hour figuring it just took a long time to process), I clicked Cancel, and
it still didn't shut down. Then I went to Task Mgr to shut it down, and it
told me that MM was waiting on input from me. This is my first day using
this program, so please excuse me if I'm WAY ignorant about all this. Any
suggestions??
 
Actually, this is an analog. There's no way to use the TV Tuner card to get
it to capture what I need? I suppose it'd be easier to just buy something
like a digital/analog capture converter, but I just hate to do that if I can
figure out a way to get the card I've got in it already to capture.
 
Well, acutally I think the handycam is an analog. Does the capture card only
works on digital signals? I'd hate to have to buy an analog digital
converter. Is the ability to preview the video not the same as being able to
capture it and convert it to a file for storage on my computer?

Thanks!

Heather
 
Depends on what you are previewing with, just because MM can see it, it
doesn't unfortunately mean it can capture it, as when it sends out the
signals to start capture, it gets a message back saying the signal didn't
work and no capture.
Which model is your camcorder?

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